. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. 120 SUBKINGDOM Vj ^.RTBBBATA. insects and soft fruit, it peculiarly a<Au,pts i^ ^o o^tMn tood from the seedW l?"^^ and Fig. IW HremophUa cornata, Shore Lark. fir cones.* Alaudidsew'Tlie Larks are distinguish^ ed by long and nearly s'Oitraight hind claws. The^J Shore Lark is the only repfe^.sentative in- digenous to Nort'nN^merica,^ but the most noted 1^*ite European (5^-yfer^, now par- tially domesticated in the United States. It rises with quivering wings almost perpendicularly, singing the while, until it passes out of sight, though not out
. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. 120 SUBKINGDOM Vj ^.RTBBBATA. insects and soft fruit, it peculiarly a<Au,pts i^ ^o o^tMn tood from the seedW l?"^^ and Fig. IW HremophUa cornata, Shore Lark. fir cones.* Alaudidsew'Tlie Larks are distinguish^ ed by long and nearly s'Oitraight hind claws. The^J Shore Lark is the only repfe^.sentative in- digenous to Nort'nN^merica,^ but the most noted 1^*ite European (5^-yfer^, now par- tially domesticated in the United States. It rises with quivering wings almost perpendicularly, singing the while, until it passes out of sight, though not out of hearing; and then, closing its wings, drops headlong down into the meadow again, in a very ecstacy of song. Icteridse.—The Bobolink is one of the most beneficial or destructive of birds, according to the season of the year and the locality. In its spring migrations, it is the pest of the Southern wheat-fields ; and in its autumnal flight, of the rice planta- tions. It renders, however, a re- deeming service in devouring cotton- worm larvae, and in its breeding- places it is purely insectivorous. The female conceals her nest on the, ground among the standing grass by' alighting or rising a distance from ; , Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Steele, Joel Dorman, 1836-1886. New York, Chicago [etc. ] A. S. Barnes & Company
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